"But ifyou trulyobeyhis voiceand doallthat I say,then I will be an enemyto your enemiesand an adversaryto your adversaries.
And I will blessthose who blessyou, And the one who cursesyou I will curse.And in you allthe familiesof the earthwill be blessed."
Contend,O LORD,with those who contendwith me; Fightagainstthose who fightagainst me.
"Terrorand dreadfallupon them; By the greatnessof Your armthey are motionlessas stone;UntilYour peoplepassover,O LORD,Untilthe peoplepassoverwhomYou have purchased.
Their childrenalso will be as formerly,And their congregationshall be establishedbeforeMe; And I will punishalltheir oppressors.
For thussaysthe LORDof hosts,"AftergloryHe has sentme againstthe nationswhich plunderyou, for he who touchesyou, touchesthe appleof His eye.
"Godbringshim out of Egypt,He is for him like the hornsof the wildox.He will devourthe nations[who are] his adversaries,And will crushtheir bonesin pieces, And shatter[them] with his arrows.
"He couches,he liesdownas a lion,And as a lion,whodares rousehim? Blessedis everyone who blessesyou, And cursedis everyone who cursesyou."
"Now it shall be, ifyou diligentlyobeythe LORDyour God,beingcarefulto doallHis commandmentswhichI commandyou today,the LORDyour Godwill setyou highaboveallthe nationsof the earth.
"The LORDyour Godwill inflictallthesecurseson your enemiesand on those who hateyou, whopersecutedyou.
For after allit is [only] justfor Godto repaywith afflictionthosewho afflictyou,
The menof Israelsaidto the Hivites,"Perhapsyou are livingwithinour land;howthen shall we makea covenantwith you?"
